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  2. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Between 20 years and life imprisonment (parole eligibility for life sentence if crime committed before January 1, 1995: 15 years or 20 years if sentenced to more than 1 life sentence, 25 years if the victim was under the age of 8) (Prisoners are eligible for geriatric parole when they turn 60)

  3. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Murder in the first degree is a class A felony. [15] If a person is convicted of first degree murder, they will receive a life sentence. [16] If an aggravating circumstance exists in addition to first degree murder, the defendant can be charged with aggravated first-degree murder, which carries only one possible sentence life without parole.

  4. Murder in United States law - Wikipedia

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    The minimum sentence for aggravated murder is life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. A sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole is imposed if at least 10 members of the jury vote in favor of it. [118] The death penalty may be sentenced upon a unanimous vote from the jury. [119]

  5. Why some states are reforming minimum sentencing ... - AOL

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    Gwen Levi walks with her head held high down a busy section of downtown Baltimore. Levi's life lately is a far cry from where she was just a few years ago, behind bars in federal prison, after ...

  6. 7-year-old's killer gets 60 years to life. He asked for a ...

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    Mead said a sentence of 60 years to life — in which Ismael will not be eligible for parole until he is around 80 — was appropriate for a murder that shocked Erie and amplified calls to curb ...

  7. Classes of offenses under United States federal law - Wikipedia

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    Life imprisonment (or death in certain cases of murder, treason, espionage or mass trafficking of drugs) $250,000: 1-5 years: 5 years: 5 years: $100 B 25 years or more: $250,000: 5 years: 3 years: $100 C More than 10 years and less than 25 years: $250,000: 3 years: 2 years: $100 D More than 5 years and less than 10 years: $250,000: 3 years: 2 ...

  8. New Hampshire man sentenced to minimum 56 years on murder ...

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    That sentence will be added on to the minimum 32 1/2-year sentence Adam Montgomery, 34, began last year on unrelated gun charges, effectively amounting to a life sentence following his actions in ...

  9. United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Wikipedia

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    This refers to sentencing whose actual limits are determined at the time the sentence is imposed, as opposed to indeterminate sentencing, in which a sentence with a maximum (and, perhaps, a minimum) is pronounced but the actual amount of time served in prison is determined by a parole commission or similar administrative body after the person ...